Beveling tool



May 30, 1961 A. RICHTER BEVELING TOOL Filed NOV. 27, 1959 1? 2' /cH TE/P INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent Ofiice Patented May.30, 1961 BEVELING TOOL Albert Richter, 481 Peninsula Blvd., Lynbrook, N.Y.

Filed Nov. 27, 1959, Ser. No. 855,657

1 Claim. (Cl. 145-6) This invention relates to hand tools, and more particularly to hand tools specially designed for beveling the edges of wooden boards, beams or the like.

By way of illustration, it might be stated that it is a well known fact that difliculty is often encountered in accurately beveling the edges of boards or the like by persons unfamiliar with mechanics. It is therefore one of the principal objects of the present invention to provide a beveling tool that will accurately bevel the edges of wood even when used by an inexperienced person.

Another object of this invention is to provide a beveling tool that requires no adjusting whatsoever and will always produce an accurate bevel of the same size on each piece of material on which it is used.

Another object of this invention is to provide a beveling tool with marginal edges extending beyond the edge of the cutter, thereby providing a guide for starting the beveling of stock on which the tool is horizontally moved.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a beveling tool having a minimum number of parts, and which can therefore be manufactured to sell at a reasonably low price.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an end view of this invention on a piece of wood to be beveled.

Fig. 2 is a side view of this invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of this invention.

Fig. 4 is atop plan view of this invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig. 6 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Having reference now to the drawing in detail, and in particular to Fig. 1, there is generally indicated by the reference character 10 a beveling tool comprising a pair of guide plates 11, each of which has its upper edge 12 extending vertically along its entire length, while the major portion of each plate extends outwardly 45 to the horizontal.

A cutter 13 rectangular in plan form and having its narrowest side 14 downwardly inclined to a cutting edge rests on and is secured by any desired means to the top of the upper edge 12 of each of the aforesaid guide plates 11 which have their formed edges parallel in horizontal spaced relation to each other, thereby providing an angle of between the surfaces of the major portion of each of the guide plates 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

To bevel one edge of a piece of Wood W, the beveling tool 10 is placed with each inside face of guide plate 11 flat against those two of the surfaces of the wooden piece that are at an angle of 90 to each other, and the entire beveling tool 10 is then moved back and forth, the forward stroke of the tool producing the cut by means of the edge of side 14 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

From the foregoing it will now be seen that there is herein provided a beveling tool which accomplishes all of the objects of this invention, and others, including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it will be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

A beveling tool comprising a pair of outwardly inclined guide plates, disposed in spaced relation with respect to each other to fit one angular edge of a board or stock, a cutter bar connecting the upper edges of said guide plates, one end of said cutter bar being beveled providing a cutting blade adapted to bevel the edge of stock over which the tool is moved, and said cutting blade being disposed in open spaced relation to the adjacent ends of said guide plate, providing an opening between said blades and adjacent ends of said plates for observing the positioning of the tool on its work.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 273,073 Haynes Feb. 27, 1883 322,304 Mander July 14, 1885 2,597,158 Mastn'polito May 20, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 25,985 Finland Sept. 10, 1953 

